Euroleague: CSKA Drops Regal, 1 Ticket Left

With Thursday’s Euroleague contests completed, the Top 16 clubs from three of four groups are set and 15 of the 16 teams have been determined. Friday’s games will decide the final team as Group C still needs to determine it’s fourth qualifier. Thursday’s competition couldn’t have been more thrilling as six of nine games were within eight points, two went into overtime and three games that ended in regulation were within three points. The other three games were blow-outs as Maccabi Tel Aviv beat Alba Berlin 78:62 at home; Unicaja routed Elan Chalon/Saone 86:62 at home; and Real Madrid pounded Union Olimpija 91:60. CSKA used the last game of the season to give FC Barcelona Regal their first loss on the season with a 75:78 win on Regal’s home turf.

Group A
Coming into Week 10, Real Madrid, Panathinaikos and Khimki had already qualified for the Top 16. The final spot came down to the Fenerbahce Ulker vs. Cantu contest in Turkey. Fenerbahce gave their home crowd reason to celebrate as they came away with a 77:69 victory to seal the fourth Top 16 spot for Group A. Real Madrid wins the group title with a 7-3 record, Khimki takes second with their 78:77 win over Panathinaikos (who takes third) by winning the tie breaker having won both contests between them during the regular season. Fourth place goes to Fenerbahce.

Group B
All four spots in Group B were determined prior to this week. Maccabi Tel Aviv wins the group by virtue of the head-to-head match-ups with Unicaja Malaga as Maccabi won the first game by five and Unicaja won the second by two, giving Maccabi a three-point advantage. Third place goes to Montepaschi Siena and Alba Berlin comes in fourth. Asseco Prokom pulled a sizeable upset off to close out their 2012-13 Euroleague season when they traveled to Siena and beat Montepaschi 88:95 in overtime.

Group C
Zalgiris, Olympiacos and Efes are in. Games to be played Friday.

If Armani beats Olympiacos and Cedevita beats Caja, Armani is is. If Armani wins and Caja wins, Caja is in on the tie breaker by beating Armani twice in the regular season. If Armani and Caja lose, there’s a three-way tie for the spot and Cedevita would go on due to having a 3-1 record against the other two.

Group D
FC Barcelona Regal, CSKA Moscow and JK Besiktas has all qualified for the Top 16 prior to stepping on the court for their Week 10 match-ups. The last spot was potentially between Brose Baskets, Partizan, and Lietuvos Rytas depending on the results of Thursday’s games. Brose Baskets and Partizan put on an amazing show for the estimated 6,800 Brose friendlies that showed up to support the Bamberg boys in their quest to extend their season. Brose jumped out to a 25:13 advantage after the first quarter and held a 47:35 lead at the half. Partizan cut the difference in half in the third, sending the contest into the final 10 with the score sitting at 68:62. The visitors kept on the pressure and pulled even to give the fans an extra five minutes of entertainment. With three seconds remaining, Brose held a three-point margin with the ball in Partizan’s hands under the Brose basket. As Partizan brought the ball in, Dragan Milosavljevic wound up for a three-quarters length last effort to tie and was fouled in the act of shooting by Sharrod Ford, putting Milosavljevic on the line for three free throws to tie the score and send the game into the second OT frame. He missed the first, made the second and attempted to miss the third (with just over 1 second left on the clock). A Partizan team mate got the rebound and had time to toss up a baseline jumper as the buzzer went off, only half it hit the side of the backboard and send Brose on to the Top 16.

Group A

This Week’s Matches

Date	Match	Score
Oct. 11, 2012	Mapooro Cantu – Union Olimpija Ljubljana	71 - 84
Oct. 11, 2012	Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul – BC Khimki Moscow Region	92 - 80
Oct. 12, 2012	Real Madrid – Panathinaikos Athens	85 - 78
Oct. 18, 2012	Panathinaikos Athens – Mapooro Cantu	78 - 76
Oct. 19, 2012	BC Khimki Moscow Region – Real Madrid	86 - 85
Oct. 19, 2012	Union Olimpija Ljubljana – Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul	75 - 81
Oct. 25, 2012	Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul – Real Madrid	75 - 83
Oct. 26, 2012	Mapooro Cantu – BC Khimki Moscow Region	67 - 54
Oct. 26, 2012	Union Olimpija Ljubljana – Panathinaikos Athens	67 - 85
Nov. 1, 2012	Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul – Panathinaikos Athens	73 - 64
Nov. 1, 2012	Real Madrid – Mapooro Cantu	80 - 66
Nov. 2, 2012	BC Khimki Moscow Region – Union Olimpija Ljubljana	75 - 65
Nov. 8, 2012	Mapooro Cantu – Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul	82 - 58
Nov. 9, 2012	Union Olimpija Ljubljana – Real Madrid	76 - 89
Nov. 9, 2012	Panathinaikos Athens – BC Khimki Moscow Region	67 - 79
Nov. 15, 2012	BC Khimki Moscow Region – Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul	71 - 70
Nov. 15, 2012	Union Olimpija Ljubljana – Mapooro Cantu	81 - 79
Nov. 15, 2012	Panathinaikos Athens – Real Madrid	79 - 68
Nov. 22, 2012	Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul – Union Olimpija Ljubljana	85 - 68
Nov. 23, 2012	Mapooro Cantu – Panathinaikos Athens	69 - 71
Nov. 23, 2012	Real Madrid – BC Khimki Moscow Region	104 - 81
Nov. 29, 2012	BC Khimki Moscow Region – Mapooro Cantu	77 - 53
Nov. 29, 2012	Panathinaikos Athens – Union Olimpija Ljubljana	80 - 72
Nov. 30, 2012	Real Madrid – Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul	77 - 61
Dec. 6, 2012	Mapooro Cantu – Real Madrid	76 - 70
Dec. 7, 2012	Union Olimpija Ljubljana – BC Khimki Moscow Region	74 - 72
Dec. 7, 2012	Panathinaikos Athens – Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul	69 - 55
Dec. 13, 2012	Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul – Mapooro Cantu	77 - 69
Dec. 13, 2012	Real Madrid – Union Olimpija Ljubljana	91 - 60
Dec. 13, 2012	BC Khimki Moscow Region – Panathinaikos Athens	78 - 77

Standings

Pos		Team	Pld	W	L	Baskets	Diff	Pts
1	•	Real Madrid	10	7	3	832:738	94	14
2	↑	BC Khimki Moscow Region	10	6	4	753:754	-1	13
3	↓	Panathinaikos Athens	10	6	4	748:722	26	12
4	•	Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul	10	5	5	727:738	-11	10
5	•	Union Olimpija Ljubljana	10	3	7	722:808	-86	7
6	•	Mapooro Cantu	10	3	7	708:730	-22	6

Crosstable

Club		1	2	3	4	5	6
1	Real Madrid	-	104:81	85:78	77:61	91:60	80:66
2	BC Khimki Moscow Region	86:85	-	78:77	71:70	75:65	77:53
3	Panathinaikos Athens	79:68	67:79	-	69:55	80:72	78:76
4	Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul	75:83	92:80	73:64	-	85:68	77:69
5	Union Olimpija Ljubljana	76:89	74:72	67:85	75:81	-	81:79
6	Mapooro Cantu	76:70	67:54	69:71	82:58	71:84	-

Group B

This Week’s Matches

Date	Match	Score
Oct. 11, 2012	Elan Chalon-Sur-Saone – Asseco Prokom Gdynia	81 - 74
Oct. 11, 2012	Unicaja Malaga – Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv	80 - 85
Oct. 12, 2012	Montepaschi Siena – Alba Berlin	82 - 92
Oct. 17, 2012	Asseco Prokom Gdynia – Unicaja Malaga	75 - 77
Oct. 18, 2012	Alba Berlin – Elan Chalon-Sur-Saone	74 - 71
Oct. 18, 2012	Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv – Montepaschi Siena	70 - 68
Oct. 25, 2012	Elan Chalon-Sur-Saone – Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv	61 - 90
Oct. 25, 2012	Asseco Prokom Gdynia – Alba Berlin	77 - 66
Oct. 26, 2012	Unicaja Malaga – Montepaschi Siena	91 - 89
Nov. 1, 2012	Unicaja Malaga – Alba Berlin	67 - 62
Nov. 1, 2012	Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv – Asseco Prokom Gdynia	93 - 62
Nov. 2, 2012	Montepaschi Siena – Elan Chalon-Sur-Saone	93 - 90
Nov. 8, 2012	Elan Chalon-Sur-Saone – Unicaja Malaga	78 - 88
Nov. 8, 2012	Alba Berlin – Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv	76 - 78
Nov. 9, 2012	Asseco Prokom Gdynia – Montepaschi Siena	66 - 101
Nov. 15, 2012	Asseco Prokom Gdynia – Elan Chalon-Sur-Saone	70 - 76
Nov. 15, 2012	Alba Berlin – Montepaschi Siena	73 - 75
Nov. 15, 2012	Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv – Unicaja Malaga	62 - 64
Nov. 22, 2012	Elan Chalon-Sur-Saone – Alba Berlin	82 - 87
Nov. 22, 2012	Unicaja Malaga – Asseco Prokom Gdynia	63 - 48
Nov. 23, 2012	Montepaschi Siena – Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv	89 - 87
Nov. 29, 2012	Alba Berlin – Asseco Prokom Gdynia	67 - 64
Nov. 29, 2012	Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv – Elan Chalon-Sur-Saone	78 - 73
Nov. 30, 2012	Montepaschi Siena – Unicaja Malaga	91 - 72
Dec. 6, 2012	Asseco Prokom Gdynia – Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv	73 - 89
Dec. 6, 2012	Alba Berlin – Unicaja Malaga	63 - 74
Dec. 7, 2012	Elan Chalon-Sur-Saone – Montepaschi Siena	108 - 103
Dec. 13, 2012	Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv – Alba Berlin	78 - 62
Dec. 13, 2012	Unicaja Malaga – Elan Chalon-Sur-Saone	86 - 62
Dec. 13, 2012	Montepaschi Siena – Asseco Prokom Gdynia	88 - 95

Standings

Pos		Team	Pld	W	L	Baskets	Diff	Pts
1	•	Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv	10	8	2	810:708	102	16
2	•	Unicaja Malaga	10	8	2	762:715	47	16
3	•	Montepaschi Siena	10	5	5	879:844	35	10
4	•	Alba Berlin	10	4	6	722:748	-26	8
5	•	Elan Chalon-Sur-Saone	10	3	7	782:843	-61	6
6	•	Asseco Prokom Gdynia	10	2	8	704:801	-97	4

Crosstable

Club		1	2	3	4	5	6
1	Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv	-	62:64	70:68	78:62	78:73	93:62
2	Unicaja Malaga	80:85	-	91:89	67:62	86:62	63:48
3	Montepaschi Siena	89:87	91:72	-	82:92	93:90	88:95
4	Alba Berlin	76:78	63:74	73:75	-	74:71	67:64
5	Elan Chalon-Sur-Saone	61:90	78:88	108:103	82:87	-	81:74
6	Asseco Prokom Gdynia	73:89	75:77	66:101	77:66	70:76	-

Group C

This Week’s Matches

Date	Match	Score
Oct. 11, 2012	Zalgiris Kaunas – Cedevita Zagreb	90 - 62
Oct. 11, 2012	Olympiacos Piraeus – Caja Laboral Vitoria	85 - 81
Oct. 12, 2012	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano – Anadolu Efes Istanbul	80 - 75
Oct. 19, 2012	Cedevita Zagreb – EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	71 - 83
Oct. 19, 2012	Anadolu Efes Istanbul – Olympiacos Piraeus	98 - 72
Oct. 19, 2012	Caja Laboral Vitoria – Zalgiris Kaunas	71 - 77
Oct. 25, 2012	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano – Caja Laboral Vitoria	85 - 95
Oct. 25, 2012	Olympiacos Piraeus – Zalgiris Kaunas	61 - 79
Oct. 26, 2012	Anadolu Efes Istanbul – Cedevita Zagreb	85 - 66
Nov. 1, 2012	Zalgiris Kaunas – EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	92 - 87
Nov. 1, 2012	Caja Laboral Vitoria – Anadolu Efes Istanbul	64 - 76
Nov. 2, 2012	Olympiacos Piraeus – Cedevita Zagreb	79 - 77
Nov. 8, 2012	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano – Olympiacos Piraeus	71 - 84
Nov. 9, 2012	Cedevita Zagreb – Caja Laboral Vitoria	76 - 69
Nov. 9, 2012	Anadolu Efes Istanbul – Zalgiris Kaunas	64 - 77
Nov. 15, 2012	Cedevita Zagreb – Zalgiris Kaunas	108 - 106
Nov. 16, 2012	Caja Laboral Vitoria – Olympiacos Piraeus	72 - 89
Nov. 16, 2012	Anadolu Efes Istanbul – EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	77 - 71
Nov. 22, 2012	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano – Cedevita Zagreb	75 - 60
Nov. 22, 2012	Olympiacos Piraeus – Anadolu Efes Istanbul	75 - 53
Nov. 23, 2012	Zalgiris Kaunas – Caja Laboral Vitoria	82 - 45
Nov. 29, 2012	Cedevita Zagreb – Anadolu Efes Istanbul	73 - 81
Nov. 29, 2012	Caja Laboral Vitoria – EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	64 - 62
Nov. 30, 2012	Zalgiris Kaunas – Olympiacos Piraeus	63 - 77
Dec. 6, 2012	Cedevita Zagreb – Olympiacos Piraeus	62 - 84
Dec. 7, 2012	Anadolu Efes Istanbul – Caja Laboral Vitoria	76 - 91
Dec. 7, 2012	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano – Zalgiris Kaunas	65 - 67
Dec. 14, 2012	Caja Laboral Vitoria – Cedevita Zagreb	97 - 70
Dec. 14, 2012	Zalgiris Kaunas – Anadolu Efes Istanbul	71 - 53
Dec. 14, 2012	Olympiacos Piraeus – EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	82 - 81

Group D

This Week’s Matches

Date	Match	Score
Oct. 11, 2012	CSKA Moscow – Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius	75 - 73
Oct. 12, 2012	FC Barcelona Regal – Brose Baskets Bamberg	72 - 60
Oct. 12, 2012	Besiktas JK Istanbul – Partizan mt:s Belgrade	81 - 65
Oct. 18, 2012	Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius – FC Barcelona Regal	49 - 67
Oct. 18, 2012	Brose Baskets Bamberg – Besiktas JK Istanbul	71 - 86
Oct. 18, 2012	Partizan mt:s Belgrade – CSKA Moscow	71 - 76
Oct. 25, 2012	Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius – Partizan mt:s Belgrade	76 - 67
Oct. 25, 2012	CSKA Moscow – Brose Baskets Bamberg	69 - 61
Oct. 25, 2012	FC Barcelona Regal – Besiktas JK Istanbul	72 - 60
Nov. 1, 2012	FC Barcelona Regal – Partizan mt:s Belgrade	85 - 82
Nov. 2, 2012	Besiktas JK Istanbul – CSKA Moscow	58 - 85
Nov. 2, 2012	Brose Baskets Bamberg – Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius	84 - 78
Nov. 8, 2012	Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius – Besiktas JK Istanbul	67 - 73
Nov. 8, 2012	CSKA Moscow – FC Barcelona Regal	60 - 81
Nov. 9, 2012	Partizan mt:s Belgrade – Brose Baskets Bamberg	72 - 77
Nov. 15, 2012	Brose Baskets Bamberg – FC Barcelona Regal	62 - 71
Nov. 15, 2012	Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius – CSKA Moscow	66 - 86
Nov. 15, 2012	Partizan mt:s Belgrade – Besiktas JK Istanbul	87 - 72
Nov. 22, 2012	CSKA Moscow – Partizan mt:s Belgrade	78 - 61
Nov. 22, 2012	FC Barcelona Regal – Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius	90 - 66
Nov. 23, 2012	Besiktas JK Istanbul – Brose Baskets Bamberg	83 - 72
Nov. 29, 2012	Brose Baskets Bamberg – CSKA Moscow	89 - 97
Nov. 29, 2012	Partizan mt:s Belgrade – Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius	75 - 74
Nov. 30, 2012	Besiktas JK Istanbul – FC Barcelona Regal	48 - 78
Dec. 6, 2012	CSKA Moscow – Besiktas JK Istanbul	87 - 72
Dec. 6, 2012	Partizan mt:s Belgrade – FC Barcelona Regal	67 - 68
Dec. 7, 2012	Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius – Brose Baskets Bamberg	67 - 62
Dec. 13, 2012	FC Barcelona Regal – CSKA Moscow	75 - 78
Dec. 13, 2012	Besiktas JK Istanbul – Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius	66 - 65
Dec. 13, 2012	Brose Baskets Bamberg – Partizan mt:s Belgrade	92 - 90

Standings

Pos		Team	Pld	W	L	Baskets	Diff	Pts
1	•	FC Barcelona Regal	10	9	1	759:632	127	18
2	•	CSKA Moscow	10	9	1	791:707	84	18
3	•	Besiktas JK Istanbul	10	5	5	699:749	-50	10
4	•	Brose Baskets Bamberg	10	3	7	730:785	-55	6
5	•	Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius	10	2	8	681:745	-64	5
6	•	Partizan mt:s Belgrade	10	2	8	737:779	-42	4

Crosstable

Club		1	2	3	4	5	6
1	FC Barcelona Regal	-	75:78	72:60	72:60	90:66	85:82
2	CSKA Moscow	60:81	-	87:72	69:61	75:73	78:61
3	Besiktas JK Istanbul	48:78	58:85	-	83:72	66:65	81:65
4	Brose Baskets Bamberg	62:71	89:97	71:86	-	84:78	92:90
5	Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius	49:67	66:86	67:73	67:62	-	76:67
6	Partizan mt:s Belgrade	67:68	71:76	87:72	72:77	75:74	-

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